Christian Youth Theater Santa Cruz

Analysis

Christian Youth Theater Santa Cruz is a registered charity in United States, based in Scotts Valley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Christian Youth Theater Santa Cruz reported income of $409k and spending of $402k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $351k to $409k (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Christian Youth Theater Santa Cruz sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mount Jackson Museum Foundation Inc ($409k), Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc ($409k) and Chicago Cultural Alliance ($409k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 85% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $153k. At year end it held assets of $69k against liabilities of $2,896, net assets of $66k. It reported 31 employees.